Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 161% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 150% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	163% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 03:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 938 92% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,179 73% 1,179 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 231 Parallax 244 186% 235 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 217 Splatting 148 164% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 331 323 344 327 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,763 Write 343 Mixed 460 SusWrite 332 157% 724 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 50.3 192% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 879GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 137 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 103 Write 80.3 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 137 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 362GB free Firmware: 0114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 40 Write 35.8 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 42.1 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 79%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 931GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 35.9 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 39.8 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16